Wilderness Quilt-Done

 What a fun top to quilt!

Here is this lovely quilt all done! It is hard to get a picture to show all of it at once, so I will add some pictures of the different areas. There are lots of animals,done in Ultrasuede frolicking all over this quilt! I used a variety of fills to lend texture and lots of different threads.
I love how the quilting brings out the appliqued critters!

We have some silky Glide and variegated greens and blues and several neutrals from cream-white-gold and course pumpkin and wood colors too. So Fine, Omni, Essential Pro and Signature thread  were also used along with 3 pre filled Glide bobbins in cream.  Totally freehand designs. I got a chance to use some of the techniques I learned from Linda Thielfoldt in her "Backgrounds" class from  the Road to California  Quilt Show.

Now for the best part: This quilt made by Mary O'Driscoll is going to be donated  to our auction!! You could bid on this and win!! October 8, 2011, check it out www.orangrovequiltersguild.com Look under the Auction & Tea Tab.

 Good luck!

Road to California-design class

I had a great time at this show. Went twice!  I took a class in Backgrounds from Linda Thielfoldt. It was on the longarm, all freehand designs. Lots of fun. She is a great teacher. Her quilts were inspirational and she encouraged us to give everything a try and see how to make our designs unique. I really needed this class. I love to freehand and have  a few designs that I use. I needed to expand  my portfolio and try something new. Get out of the box. I also had a big quilt that called for  lots of design and not just meander the whole thing!
Practice, practice ,practice and on to the quilt:

Pebbles, Crosshatch

Swirling Curls

Hosford/McTavish variation

Mary did  this gorgeous quilt! It is full of animals and fun touches! Way fun to quilt!